Thematic Bible: Should be set
Thematic Bible
Affections » Should be set » Upon the commandments of God
Affections » Should be set » Upon the people of God
As for brotherly love, be affectionate to one another; in matters of worldly honour, yield to one another.
Verse Concepts
Seeing that we were thus drawn affectionately towards you, it would have been a joy to us to have imparted to you not only God's Good News, but to have given our very lives also, because you had become very dear to us.
Verse Concepts
For this reason we feel comforted; and--in addition to this our comfort--we have been filled with all the deeper joy at Titus's joy, because his spirit has been set at rest by you all. For however I may have boasted to him about you, I have no reason to feel ashamed; but as we have in all respects spoken the truth to you, so also our boasting to Titus about you has turned out to be the truth. And his strong and tender affection is all the more drawn out towards you when he recalls to mind the obedience which all of you manifested by the timidity and nervous anxiety with which you welcomed him.
Affections » Should be set » Upon the house and worship of God
Affections » Should be set » Upon heavenly things
If however you have risen with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, enthroned at God's right hand. Give your minds to the things that are above, not to the things that are on the earth.